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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks to those who gave constructive advice. To the others..I posted for a reality check and I guess I'm getting one.

I love my step daughter very much and the fact that she has never baby sat before (yes I know she hasn't we have discussed it), is in a cast, and visits infrequently doesn't change that. I don't think she should have been put in this situation either and I highly doubt she wanted to.

[b]I suppose my thinking is that a minimum, my husband should have discussed this with me as I would have done with him. I still don't think someone in a cast, especially one who is a kid herself, is fully able to care for a sick but highly active child.[/b]

Since she just turned 13 last week, and my son just turned 4 the week before, yes I guess I consider them both pretty young.

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The way the initial post came off was that this is more of a trust and control thing than really being empathetic to your step-daughter.  You didn’t trust your husband’s judgement on whether his 13 year old daughter could watch her 4 year old brother for a limited amount of time during the day or if it would be better to haul a sick pre-schooler in the car for 2.5 hours to drop/pick up a sibling.  You were upset your husband didn’t discuss his plans with you ahead of time though presumably you knew there was  13 year old in a cast, a sick toddler, and another child that needed to be someplace or picked up and one parent responsible for figuring out how to get those logistics to worK.
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